www.elsevier.com/locate/smrv CLINICAL REVIEW Sleep loss‚ learning capacity and academic performance Giuseppe Curcioa‚Â Michele Ferraraa‚b‚ Luigi De Gennaroa a Department of Psychology‚ University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’‚ Rome‚ Italy Department of Internal Medicine and Public Health‚ University of L’Aquila‚ Rome‚ Italy b KEYWORDS Sleep deprivation; Learning; Memory; Academic performance; Neurocognitive functioning; Adolescents; Prefrontal cortex Summary At a time when
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Consequently‚ the broad goals of secondary education are geared to prepare the individual for useful living within the society and to progress to higher education (Federal Government of Nigeria‚ 2004). The school at this level is established so that students can learn in order to be able to transmit knowledge from one generation to another for the continuity and well-being of the society. Learning as a hypothetical construct can only be inferred from observable behavior. Psychologists usually define
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Thesis Projects Mikael Berndtsson • Jörgen Hansson Björn Olsson • Björn Lundell Thesis Projects A Guide for Students in Computer Science and Information Systems Second Edition Mikael Berndtsson University of Skövde Sweden Jörgen Hansson Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh‚ PA USA Björn Lundell University of Skövde Sweden Björn Olsson University of Skövde Sweden British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is
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Gender Differences in Students’ Academic Performance Students with urban and suburban backgrounds consistently outperformed students from rural and small-town areas. Parental education levels correlated with academic success. Considering the background of the study’s female participants one could reasonably expect women to outperform men. However‚ in spite of the higher indicators of success possessed by women‚ this expectation was not fulfilled. Data and background predictions did not match up
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human work. Computers were created because of technology. Computers were the greatest thing ever invented by man itself. In the modern age‚ computers have become a part of man’s life. Almost all the things around us were made by computers with the aid of modern machines. From the edited books‚ design‚ special effects in movies‚ and televisions etc.‚ were all made by computers. Along with the evolution of technology‚ computers continue to upgrade as well until the time that computer has now become
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COMPUTER GAMES An undergraduate research paper presented to the faculty of the College of Engineering and Technology Españo‚ Rhodie L. In partial fulfillment at the requirement In English 2 (Writing in the Disipline) October 19‚ 2012 OUTLINE THESIS STATEMENT: The life of the typical students become computer addicts characterized by spent in gaming‚ not attending in the class‚ and socializing with another computer addicts. INTRODUCTION: A video game is an
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Analyzing LEP Students’ Academic Performance at Donna High School EDUL.6331.01 Analyzing LEP Students’ Academic Performance at Donna High School The current reality for public educational institutions in Texas is the new assessment tool used by the state‚ STAAR / EOC. The test has raised the bar in terms of what students need to be proficient in by the time they graduate from high school. With the change of assessment‚ there must come a change in the way instruction
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study was conducted to discover whether or not there is an association between academic performance and involvement in a romantic relationship amongst high school students. The variables looked at were dating status (single or involved)‚ level of involvement in the relationship‚ and grade point average. Variables were calculated on a survey measuring relationship and school satisfaction. Seventy-five high school students studying in St. Joseph College were surveyed. Approximately fifty-one percent
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of peers. Affiliation with friends who engage in risk behaviors has been shown to be a strong predictor of an adolescent’s own behavior. However‚ peer pressure can also have positive effects when youth are pressured by their peers toward positive behavior‚ such as volunteering for charity or excelling in academics. The importance of peers declines upon entering adulthood. While socially accepted kids often have the most opportunities and the most positive experiences‚ research shows that being in
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THE EFFECT OF STUDY HABITS ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF FRESHMEN Information Technology STUDENTS IN National UNIVERSITY‚ Sampaloc Manila‚ SCHOOL YEAR 2010-2011” A research proposal Table of Contents Chapter Page 1 The Problem Introduction... ... ... ... . 1 Conceptual Framework... ... . . . 3 Schematic Diagram... ... . . . . . 3 Statement of the Problem.. ... . . .. 5 Null Hypothesis.. ... . . . . . . . 6 Significance of the Study.. ... . . . .. 6 Scope and Limitations.. ... . . . .
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